The lads showed tremendous character, Gary

In fact it was the lads of both teams what done showed triffic character tonight. The Accies took the momentum from our previous two good performances into this game and kept the consistency going, soaking up some pressure and taking our chance to go into a 1-0 lead, yet another Neil Gardener long throw assist. Heads didn't go down when Sporting Brixton equalised just before half-time, and after an uncertain start to the 2nd half we roared into a 3-1 lead, one opportunistic finish from Thorny and another truly astonishing header from a significant distance - I'm pretty sure he meant it?

Then the team in white showed their mettle in getting two fairly quick goals to level the tie and, with tails up, might have gone on to win the match. But if we'd become in any way complacent at 3-1 up, we upped our game at 3-3 and in fact looked the likelier to win, with Perre forcing a great save and Joe narrowly failing to connect at the far post with a lovely cross from the coach over on the left wing.

Shame Bobby couldn't have been here to enjoy the match that he facilitated, but for the record it was a cracking game to play in, both teams played some good football and I'm pleased that we at the very least matched opponents who, earlier in the year, might have dished out a heavy defeat on the red'n'blues. I don't like the Accies rollercoaster whereby one week we win and we're heralded as world beaters, the next we lose and we're castigated as hapless and hopeless. So I'm over the moon Brian that we've played consistent, solid football over the past 3 games and seem to genuinely be building a platform, rather than lurching from shambles to victors to crisis and so on... Up the Accies.

Team: Hairy Cornflake, Elbows, Little Tired Bear, Gobby, Ex-Marathon Man, Spuds (sub: Ladies Love Luis), Joe Le Taxi (sub: Penalty), Thorny, Coach (sub: Dangermouse), Shaky, Mickael

Scorers: OG, Thorny (2)

Apologies for the poor quality of this match report. I is tired. Feel free to write a better one!